Showing posts with label Evolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evolution. Show all posts
A Discussion With Dawkins And Krauss
Join Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss as they discuss a host of topics.
Ken Miller's Blind Spot
Jerry Coyne has posted on Ken Miller's analysis of why many Americans are anti-evolution. Obviously, it must be the science special interest group immersed in the culture wars, it can't be religion.
Brain Chemistry Existed Before The Brain
Austin Cline has posted on recent basic chemistry research and how it effects our understanding of the relationship between our single-cell ancestors and our brain. Another gap closes into which god can hide.
It Is Possible God Exists
John Loftus has posted on the possibility vs probability of god in discussing evolution.
Religion Is A Natural Phenomenon
Here is a classic video from 2006 with Dan Dennett discussing religion as a natural phenomenon and rebutting Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Life.
Signature In The Cell
This week's edition of the Unbelievable? podcast featured a discussion with Stephen Meyer regarding his book Signature in the Cell. Meyer has been a leading proponent of the Intelligent Design movement, which this blogger has posted on extensively.
Nazis Ideology: Religious, Creationist And Anti-Darwin
Contrary to Christian apologists, this article makes a good case that Nazi ideology was religious, creationist and anti-Darwin. (N/T Jerry Coyne)
The Human Soul: A Category Error
William Hamby has posted on the history of the concept of the human soul.
You May Be Communicating With An Irrational Person If ---
If you are communicating with someone and they use any of the following words or phrases, you may be communicating with an irrational person:
"life force"/"energy field" - distinct from the physical forces explainable by the laws of physics and chemistry. These cannot be measured by scientific methods, thus, do not warrant belief.
"life force"/"energy field" - distinct from the physical forces explainable by the laws of physics and chemistry. These cannot be measured by scientific methods, thus, do not warrant belief.
A Logical Challenge To Intelligent Design Proponents
A crisp review of a basic logic concept followed by a precise challenge to Intelligent Design (ID) proponents
H/T Robert Eldredge
H/T Robert Eldredge
Recent Human Evolution
Wired Science has published an article presenting an apparent example of recent human evolution found in a small town in Quebec, Canada. An example of human change not accounted for by cultural and environmental factors. Fascinating.
Questioning Is Good, If You Ask The Right Question
PZ Myers has posted on the experience of a young person who only received a very small truth from a closed-minded theist. PZ would have set her straight, if a concern for family privacy wasn't in the way. Very nice virtual response, PZ!!
Refuting The Adam And Eve Story In Detail
Jerry Coyne has posted a detailed, but interesting, piece on the history of human population numbers. It not only explains in depth the evidence to refute the Adam and Eve story but analyzes the dynamics of religion in the face of new scientific evidence in general.
Does Christian Theology Need Adam & Eve?
This video summarizes the conflict between evolutionary biology and the Adam & Eve story. After watching this video, do you think Christian theology needs Adam & Eve? Have your fundamental views of Christianity been changed?
Metaphor Or Literal Truth?
In recent weeks, there has been publicity over a controversy brewing within Evangelical Christian circles concerning acceptance of the scientific facts of the origins of humanity. Jerry Coyne has posted on this main issue within Christianity: How do you interprete the Bible in light of scientific evidence and still have faith in Christianity? Anyone reading this blog should know this blogger's opinion on this matter.
Closer To Answering A Big Question
How did life begin? Although science provides a great deal of information regarding how complex life evolved from simple life, the basis question of how did life begin has been much harder to answer. The New Scientist website has an article reviewing the history of the quest to answer this fundamental question. It also shows we are not far away from actually duplicating the process.
(via Joshua Deaton)
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